59102 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 186 / Monday, September 27, 2010 / Rules and Regulations 

AGENCY OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 

GENERAL (SEP 2010) 

The agency office of the Inspector General 

referenced in paragraphs (c) and (d) of FAR 

clause 52.203–13, Contractor Code of 

Business Ethics and Conduct, is the DoD 

Office of the Inspector General at the 

following address: 

DoD Office of the Inspector General, 

Investigative Policy and Oversight, 400 

Army Navy Drive, Suite 1037, Arlington, 

VA 22202–4704, Toll Free Telephone: 866– 

429–8011. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Part 204 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; Part 204, 

Administrative Matters 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final rule; Technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: DoD is issuing this technical 

amendment to direct contracting officers 

to the location of procedures relating to 

obtaining an account in the Electronic 

Document Access system. Further, 

current business systems across DoD 

have each developed methods of 

indexing contracts independently 

leading to data integrity problems 

between data sources. This technical 

amendment also provides the location 

of guidance on a uniform contract 

indexing methodology across DoD. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 27, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Ynette R. Shelkin, Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, OUSD (AT&L) 

DPAP (DARS), Room 3B855, 3060 

Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 

20301–3060. Telephone 703–602–8384; 

facsimile 703–602–0350. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Current 

business systems across DoD have each 

developed methods of indexing 

contracts independently leading to data 

integrity problems between data 

sources. Defense Procurement and 

Acquisition Policy letter dated July 8, 

2010, subject: Contract Indexing 

Standard, provides detailed guidance on 

mapping procurement instrument 

identification and supplementary 

procurement instrument identification 

numbers stored in the Electronic 

Document Access system to data 

elements reported in the Federal 

Procurement Data System. This 

memorandum aims to eliminate this 

confusion by establishing a uniform 

contract indexing methodology across 

DoD. This technical amendment adds 

language to the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation directing 

contracting officers to the location of 

this memorandum and its detailed 

guidance and of procedures relating to 

obtaining an account in the Electronic 

Document Access system. 

List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 204 

Government procurement. 

Ynette R. Shelkin, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

■ Therefore 48 CFR part 204 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 204—ADMINISTRATIVE 

MATTERS 

■ 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR 

part 204 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 421 and 48 CFR 

chapter 1. 

■ 2. Add section 204.270 to read as 

follows: 

204.270 Electronic Document Access. 

Follow the procedures at PGI 204.270 

relating to obtaining an account in the 

Electronic Document Access system. 

■ 3. Add section 204.7006 to read as 

follows: 

204.7006 Cross reference to Federal 

Procurement Data System. 

Detailed guidance on mapping PII and 

supplementary PII numbers stored in 

the Electronic Document Access system 

to data elements reported in the Federal 

Procurement Data System can be found 

in PGI 204.7006. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System 

48 CFR Parts 211 and 252 

Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulation Supplement; GovernmentAssigned Serial Number Marking 

(DFARS Case 2008–D047) 

AGENCY: Defense Acquisition 

Regulations System, Department of 

Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Final Rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD is issuing a final rule 

amending the Defense Federal 

Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

(DFARS) to require contractors to apply 

Government-assigned serial numbers in 

human-readable format on major end 

items when required by law, regulation, 

or military operational necessity. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 27, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Mary Overstreet, 703–602–0311. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

Contractors are required to apply 

Government-assigned serial numbers, 

such as tail numbers/hull numbers and 

equipment registration numbers, in 

human-readable format on major end 

items when required by law, regulation, 

or military operational necessity. This 

final rule establishes a standard DoD 

method of specifying Governmentassigned serial numbers contractually 

and requires the contractor to associate 

these serial numbers with the Unique 

Item Identifier (UII) assigned by the 

contractor and to register them in the 

DoD Item Unique Identification (IUID) 

Registry along with the UII. The rule 

also requires agreement between the 

Government and contractor prior to use 

of the serial numbers in constructing the 

end item UII. 

DoD published a proposed rule in the 

Federal Register on April 30, 2010 (75 

FR 22727). The comment period closed 

on June 29, 2010, and no comments 

were received. 

This rule was not subject to Office of 

Management and Budget review under 

Executive Order 12866, dated 

September 30, 1993. This is not a major 

rule under 5 U.S.C. 804. 

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

DoD does not expect this final rule to 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq. DoD 

has prepared a final regulatory 

flexibility analysis consistent with 5 

U.S.C. 604. A copy of the analysis may 

be obtained from the point of contact 

specified herein. The analysis is 

summarized as follows: 

DoD requires that the use of 

Government-assigned serial numbers be 

limited to satisfy requirements of law or 

regulation or to facilitate the 

identification of major end items 

consistent with military operational 

requirements, e.g., aircraft tail numbers 

or ship hull numbers in military 

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